Tray guide for filing cabinets



Nov. 8, 1932. 1,886,800

S. B. FREIBERG TRAY GUIDE FOR FILING CABINETS Original Filed Dec, 12. 1938 Stanley fiea'ers l K iZarrzez S- Patented Nov.8,1932 l I 1 1,88 ,800

STANLEY B. rnnrnnne, or cmomnn'rr, OHIO I FFrcE TRAY GUIDEFOR FILING CABINETS Original application filed December 12, 1928, Serial No. 325,589. Divided and this application filed March 17,

. V 31930. Serial 110.4%,367. r This is a divisionalapplication of applica l two of the shelves 19 and between. the sides tion Serial Number325,589, filed December 20 of a suitable cabinet 21. The length of 12, 1928. I I j Y arms] ll'of guide 10 is less than the cabinets 1 The present. invention relates to atray length. Guide 10 is somewhat resilient so m0u1 ting or guide 01 use in cabinetsand the v that the arms 11 thereof may be pressed tO- 55 like, particularly, filing cabinets. ward one another for permitting passage of An bject of the invention is. to provide lugs 14, beyond front inner edge abutments such a guide which is an independent mem- 22fprovided on cabinet 21 by turning inwardber removable from a cabinet with which it ly the front edge portions of the cabinet.

is used. 7 j .7 I After lugs 14 have ,passed abutments 22, the 60 Another object is to provide suchadevice arms 11 spring back to their normal posihaving a new formof cooperationwith the: tions and abutments 22 prevent withdrawal cabinet and tray with which it is used. of guide 10 from the cabinet until pressure Another object is to provide-a guide simple is again applied to arms 11. a

wand substantialin. structure and efficient in GuideflO is adapted to cooperate with a 65 operation. f a tray or drawer 23, such'as that set forth and j 7 These objects are attained by the means declaimed in co-pending application, v Serial scribed herein and set forth in the accom- Number 325,589, which has pivot studs or panying drawing, in which V rods 24 extending outwardly of the tray sides Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a guidexor, atthe extreme rearof the tray. When guide 70 mounting of the present invention. v 10 has been positioned in its cabinet, as shown Fg. 2 is a partial side elevationalviewf of 5 in Fig. 2,the tray can be operatively posiacabinet havmga gu de ofthe present in; tioned by inserting the pivot studs 24 vention mounted therein and supporting i through the aligned ways 17 into the chan 25 filing-tray. a a

Fig. 3isa top plan view of the rear portion the tray may be allowed to hang down verof a tray suitable for usewith thejguide of t'ically from the cabinet, suspended from this invention; guide 10, the pivot studs 24 being in contact Fig, 4is a viewtaken on line 4-4 of Fig.1. against the end abutments 16. By reference The "guide lO is U-shaped and has ohanto Fig. 2 it will be seen that lugs 14 areso; 80 neled arms 11 andback 12 rigidly secured tospaced from the front ends of arms 11 that gether, the apertured sides of the arms and said ends are permitted, in the operative posiback facing inwardly of the guide. Arms 11. tion of the guide, to project outwardly of the at their rear ends maybe formed with eX- cabinet to a slight extent. Fig. 2 shows the tensions 13 within which the end portions of normal,- operative position of the tray, the 5 the back 12 maybe secured, as by welding. convenient method of thus supporting the A pair of oppositely-disposed lugs14 is pro- I tray being to pull out one of the. trays im- 'ded, one each, on the arms 11 adjacent the mediately beneath. V front ends thereof and extending outwardly When tray 23 is pus ied into the cabinet, the 40 Of the guide. Lugs 14 maybe suitably formed studs 24n1ove backwardly within their reby striking outwardly small portions of spective channels until the back of the tray the sides of arms 11. The front-ends. of contacts the bumper 18 whereupon the backarms -11'are formed so as to provide the narwardly-moving tray carries guide 10 with it rowed vertical walls 15 and the end abutto the rear of the cabinet so that the project- 45 ments 16. 1 Aligned apertures or .ways 17 00mm ing front ends of the guide are enclosed withmunicating with the channels of armsll, are in the cabinet. I provided adjacent the ends'of arms 11. A What is claimed is: j suitable bumper 18' extends inwardly from 1. In combination, a cabinet having inner, the'back 12 of guidelO, abutments adjacent the front. spaced sup- Guide 10 is adapted to fit snuglybetween ports in the cabinet, U-shapedguide mcmnels provided byv arms 11. In this position, 7 r

bers slidable one each on said supports and having lugs thereon for contacting the abutments for preventing normal movement of the guide members past said abutments, and trays each slidably and releasably supported I by one of the guide members and pivotally suspended thereby exteriorly of the cabinet when withdrawn from their positions in the cabinet the arms of each U-shaped guide member being movabletoward one another in a common plane to permit removal of the guide by movement of said lugs past said cabinet abutments.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a tray guide comprising two arms joined by a rigid cross-member, said arms being resiliently movable in a common plane and being provided with a pair of oppositely disposed j apertures and opposed channels communicating therewith and extending longitudinally of the arms, abutments closing the channels at one end of the guide, and lugs extending outwardly from the side members.

3. The combination with a tray having laterally-extending studs at its rear and a cabinet having traysupporting means therein and inwardly projecting abutments at its front, of a U-shaped tray guide slidable upon 7 said supporting means and having chanfree ends of operate with said studs for permitting piv- .n ent of the guide by contact neled arms closed at their free ends and one arms in the outwardly-projecting positionv of the'guide, and the arms, upon removal of the tray therefrom, one another in a common plane to permit movement of said lugs past said abutments whereby to remove the guide from the cabinet.

4,. The combination with a cabinet having inwardly-pro ecting abutments at its front,

,of a filing tray havingva laterally-extending stud at each side of its rear, and

a U-shaped guide adapted for slidable insertion in the cabinet and having channeled arms for slidably receiving said studs, means closing the the arms and adapted to cootal movement of the tray and lugs extending laterally adapted normally to limit upon said ends, of the arms and outward moveof the lugs with said inwardly-projecting cabinet abutments, said arms, with the tray removed therefrom, being resiliently movable toward one another in a common plane to permit removal of the guide.

5. The combination with a filing cabinet,

being movable toward of a tray, a U-shaped guide slidable in the cabinet and having resilient arms adapted to slidably support the tray, means normally limiting slidable movement and projection of the guide relative to the cabinet, and means forpivotal movement of the tray upon the guide in the projecting position of the guide, said resilient arms, upon removal of the tray therefrom, being movable toward one another in a common plane for rendering inoperative said movement-limiting means, whereby the guide may be withdrawn from the cabinet. v

6. In combination with a cabinet and a tray, a Ueshaped guide adapted to support the tray relative to the cabinet and having channeled sides opening inwardly of the guide,"

abutments on nels at the free end of the guide, the sides of the guide providing oppositely disposed apertures communicating with the channels, and oppositely disposed lugs extending outwardly f1f-om the 0 c the guide for closing the chanl 7. As a new article of manufacture, a tray sides adjacent the free ends therei guide comprising two side members joined by a cross member, said sidesproviding a pair of oppositely disposed aperturesfand opposed channels communicating therewith and extending longitudinally of the sides, abutments closing the channels at one end of the guide, and lugs extending members.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a trayguide comprising two side members and a single cross member, the side members providing a pair of oppositely disposed apertures with with guide, the cross member being so secured to the side members that movement of one side member of the guide causes a corresponding movement of the guide as a whole.

9. The combination of a filing tray having a transverse rod projecting on each side adjacent its rear and a unitary U-shaped guide outwardly from the side opposed channels communicating thereand extending longitudinally of the having parallel side members channeled longitudinally thereof, the guide being adapted for horizontal cabinet, the free ends of the guide being closed and one its top portion with an aperture by which to admit the ends of the above transverse rod, into the channels provided by the guide, and

with lugs by which to prevent withdrawal of the guide from the cabinet after the ends of the rod have been thus inserted.

10. In combination, a cabinet having inner abutments adjacent the front, spaced supports in the cabinet, unitary U-shape guide members slidable on said supports, said guide members comprising arms having lugs thereon for preventing normalmovement of the of said ends being provided in,

slidable insertion within a l the arms to permit movement of the lugs past 

